Industry Associations/Institutions

Eco-profile of Europe's PVC production improves / PlasticsEurope study

Luc Messien elected as president of French plastic automotive OEM association GPA

Segment sales exceed EUR 10 bn / Core machinery orders slightly down in 2014 / Positive development for traditional technologies / Chinese processors increasingly buying locally manufactured goods / Positive outlook for 2015

Germany's GKV industry association says plastic processors can apply for specific tariff quotas / Cooperation among European associations / Long-term application process

Tom Debusschere elected new president of EPPA / Pan-European PVC lobbying group

EuPC unveils agenda of “Polymers for Europe Alliance” / Pan-European platform to address recent spate of FMs / Potential legal action against producers / Lobby work against EU import tariffs / Potential group purchasing platforms for imported material

SPI partners engineers for plastics recycling exhibition / SPE to develop content and promote to membership

Françoise Andres elected new president of French packaging association Elipso

Annual meeting highlights circular economy / Study shows recycling can cut emissions / Investment in extra facilities needed to reach 2025 target

Alessandro Grassi elected president of Assocomaplast

Circular Economy Resolution passes European Parliament's Environment Committee / PlasticsEurope welcomes landfill restriction plans but questions eco-design proposals / “Recycling difficult”

World Plastics Council welcomes G7 Marine Litter Pledge / Support for industry's efforts

Belgium's Federplast industry association sounds the alarm over recent FMs / Future of countless companies and jobs at risk / Calls on suppliers to make “necessary” investments

PIE talks to Stanley Chu, chairman of "Chinaplas" organiser Adsale / Key challenge for mega-fair is to maintain healthy growth amid economic slowdown / Revamping show's image for next year's 30th anniversary / Market sentiment generally optimistic

Opportunities for the plastics industry should not be carelessly wasted!

Plastics and rubber industry turnover up 2% to EUR 7.4 bn in 2014 / Sector cautiously optimistic about 2015 / High energy, raw materials and labour costs / Federplast industry association update

“ANTEC” and “PlastiCon” to merge / SPE and GPCA to jointly organise combined event in Dubai in early 2016

Polypipe CEO David Hall elected BPF president

China's CPPIA joins “Operation Clean Sweep” / Initiative with goal of zero pellet loss now has 18 signatories

European Composites, Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform ECP4 re-elects key board members / Launch of “Strategic Research Agenda” for the plastics industry

Upcoming MedPharmPlast Europe conference to take place in Frankfurt / Updates on EU regulatory developments for plastic medical devices and the pharmaceutical packaging industry

Plastics Recyclers Europe annual meeting held in Brussels in mid-June

EPDA annual meeting and conference takes place in Barcelona in mid-June

PlasticsEurope France “sounds the alarm” for Europe's plastics industry / Increasingly uncompetitive

Germany's Innonet Kunststoff and France's Plastipolis enter into bilateral cooperation